Ethics

It is the policy of BGSU to pursue its mission and conduct its
academic and business affairs with the highest degree of integrity and
honesty and in a manner that is and appears to be in full accord with
principles of academic excellence, canons of ethical and professional
conduct, and all controlling law.

Cannot authorize a contract or use authority to secure
authorization of a contract for self, family, business
associate

Cannot solicit or accept things of value

Cannot disclose or use confidential information

Cannot
receive additional compensation for performance of official
duties

Cannot represent parties on matters in which public
servant involved

Cannot participate in matters where public
servant has a conflict of interest i.e. when something of value will
result for self, family members, others

The University has selected EthicsPoint, an independent provider of
hotline services, to provide you with a simple and anonymous way to
report your concerns. EthicsPoint is always available and offers
multilingual translators. To submit a report online or via telephone,
or to follow up on an existing report, visit the EthicsPoint website

It is the policy of BGSU to encourage its employees to report
suspected misconduct and instances of fraud, waste, and/or abuse
involving University resources.

Fraud is the act of making false representations of
material facts whether by words or conduct, by concealing information,
or by making misleading statements in order to obtain some benefit or
payment that would otherwise not exist. These acts may be committed
either for the person’s own benefit, or for the benefit of some other
party. Of course, these acts must have been committed knowingly,
willfully and intentionally.

Waste is spending money or using resources on goods
or services in excess of actual need. Waste does not necessarily
produce a benefit for the individual but is an act of poor management
of funds.

Abuse consists of practices that cause unnecessary
costs to the University. Abuse can be similar to fraud, except that it
is not possible to prove that abuse was performed knowingly, willfully
and intentionally.

ACCESSIBILITY

Bowling Green State University (BGSU) has built their website around the Standards of the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) 5 and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). The website was built in compliance with the accessibility standards established by section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and detailed in section 1194.22 of the Code of Federal Regulations, “Web-based intranet and internet information and applications” (http://www.section508.gov/summary-section508-standards#web ).

BGSU utilizes many web masters across campus to maintain all of its web properties. Keeping the BGSU website in compliance with section 508 is a joint effort between Disability Services, Marketing and Communications and Information Technology Services. If any page is discovered to be inaccessible, please report it using the above link and we will ensure that the issue is addressed.